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I do not own any of the characters, situations, etc. from Harry Potter (any name you recognize), JK Rowling does.

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Muggle-Sitting

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Summary: Professor Dumbledore's great-great-granddaughters need to be looked after while they visit Hogwarts and each House gets a turn at it.

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"Do you think Dumbledore's going to come back to Hogwarts soon?" fifth year, Ron Weasley asked as he and his two best friends took their places at the Gryffindor table in the Great Hall for the evening meal.

"Who knows? All Professor McGonagal said was that he left on personal business and that he would return as soon as possible," Hermione Granger reminded him.

"He's been gone for three days, and he usually isn't gone for very long during the school terms," Harry Potter said.

There was a rustle through the Great Hall as the students stood for the entrance of their Headmaster. "I guess he's back now," Ron said.

As Albus Dumbledore walked through the Great Hall towards the head table where the rest of the teachers were waiting all eyes were glued on him and students's mouths kept dropping down, although they all knew they should be prepared to expect anything from their eccentric headmaster.

A small girl with two straight brown braids tied with pink ribbons and wearing matching pink robes was walking next to him and holding onto his right hand. A toddler wearing muggle clothing - light blue overalls and a lavender shirt with puffed sleeves with a matching bow in her fine blondish hair and matching socks with some sort of trim over a pair of old and very dirty white slip-on shoes with yellow tops on her feet - sat on his left arm, playing happily with the headmaster's long white beard.

When Dumbledore reached his place at the table he released the older girl's hand and conjured a high chair for the smaller girl before he turned to the rest of the hall and bade them to be seated.

All through dinner the students watched the head table, some openly stared while others attempted to be more discreet but everyone watched as Dumbledore sat between the two little girls and appeared completely engrossed in their company. They watched as the smaller girl managed to get her dinner all over her face, while refusing any help with feeding herself, and then when Dumbledore laughed at the mess and conjured a rag to clean it up with. They saw the bigger girl attempt to talk with Professor Snape, who was sitting next to her, while Dumbledore was busy with the smaller girl, Snape did not seem pleased with the seating arrangement.

Finally as most of the students began to finish eating Dumbledore stood in front of them. "I see there have been no great changes at Hogwarts during my absence, though I was pleased to hear that some of you at least pretended to miss me while I was visiting with my great_grandson's family. Since you have all noticed my great-great granddaughters - Megan," he gestured towards the older girl who curtsied and then hid her face in Dumbledore's robes, "and Stephanie," he gestured towards the toddler who was now attempting to escape her chair, "I think I will now tell you why they are here. I have borrowed them for the next four weeks while their father will be away and their mother prepares for the arrival of my first great-great-grandson," he stopped to give Megan and Stephanie indulgent looks.

"In order to make their stay with us more entertaining for everyone and to give our students the chance to understand how their teachers and parents sometimes feel, each week of their stay a different house will be responsible for taking care of them. Each day two fifth or sixth year students will be randomly assigned to be ultimately responsible for them. The house that does the best job will be awarded 50 points.

"This will start tomorrow with Slytherin taking the first week, Hufflepuff the second, Ravenclaw the third and Gryffindor the fourth. Tonight the heads of your houses will explain what exactly is required from you."

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"Attention please," Professor McGonagall told the students assembled in the Gryffindor common room. "I have a list of instructions for when it is our turn to take care of Megan and Stephanie," she unrolled the scroll she held in her hands, "The first thing you need to know and must remember is that for all intents and purposes Megan and Stephanie are muggles. Their grandfather had only the most limited abilities, their father has none and their mother is a muggle. That means that you cannot torment them as you might one of your own siblings," Professor McGonagall looked at the Weasley twins before continuing "and you must be careful about what magic you use on them. They will not bounce if they fall, for example. There is a limit of one sleeping potion per day for Stephanie and it will be provided to you in a marked container with her things.

"You are also responsible for handling reactions to spells, Stephanie will scream for a minimum of twenty minutes after being released from a body- binding spell. Megan is generally obedient but will occasionally act up if she believes she can get away with it. Stephanie will do what she wants to do unless she has a very good reason not to, there is a note from her mother that you are to always follow through on any threat of punishment or she will walk all over you and you are not to threaten anything that you cannot see yourself carrying through on. Professor Dumbledore is planning on spending at least two hours a day with them, so you will not need to look after them all day, as their sainted mother does.

"Since we are the last House to have them I will put off informing you of bed-times and such until later although I will mention that there will be a reward of ten points to any person who can find a way - that does not include bribery - to get Stephanie to willingly wear any pair of shoes besides her ducky ones."

Professor McGonagall left not long after giving her announcement leaving the Gryffindors to discuss their unusual task.

"I always thought our mother was the only one McGonagall said was sainted," Fred Weasley announced.

"Once she said mine was," Lee Jordan told him.

"Once? She almost always says ours is," George crowed.

"It will be very educational for us to take care of two small muggles for a week," Hermione mused, "especially for those who come from wizarding families. You can learn all about muggle children."

"Come on! Can't we just think of it as a fun time?" Ron asked her. "How much trouble can two little muggle girls be?"